Deputies Kill Wanted Murder Suspect In Shootout At San Leandro Motel
SAN LEANDRO (KPIX) -- A wanted murder suspect was shot dead by deputies at a motel between San Leandro and Castro Valley Friday afternoon, the Alameda County sheriff's office reported.
The shooting occurred at around 4:30 p.m. at the Valley Inn motel at 17130 Fooothill Blvd. just north of the Interstate 580/Highway 237 split.
Sheriff's deputies said they received a tip from Oakland police about a murder suspect hiding at the motel.
According to the Alameda County Sheriffs Department, this all started around 11:30 a.m. after police got a tip the murder suspect was hiding out at the Valley Inn on Foothill Boulevard.
Deputies say they set up a perimeter, then called the room to ask the suspect to come out.
"For a period of about 5 hours, we had conversations with that suspect and plead with him to come out peacefully and surrender," said Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly.
Authorities said the suspect barricaded himself inside a room. Negotiators even asked his family members to talk to him.
Then the suspect finally emerged from the room and opened fire on deputies, prompting them to return fire. The suspect was killed in a hail of gunfire. They have not released his identity.
"He emerged from that room," Kelly told KPIX. "You could see he was moving furniture and other items out of his way as he came out of the room. He then produced a semi-automatic handgun as he came out of the room, using both hands, he aimed that weapon at our deputies and fired at least one round at our deputies as they were below in the parking lot."
"Our deputies returned fire and struck the suspect multiple times," Kelly added.
Authorities have not said which homicide case the suspect was wanted for but they said it was a homicide that happened earlier this year in Oakland. They said there were two wanted suspects in that case. The sheriff's department arrested the other suspect a few weeks ago. They said no deputies were injured in the shooting.
